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Shazkar Shadowstorm
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Works great at protecting the kindle when I'm traveling and still lets me read the kindle without anything added on to it for weight or bulk.
I opted to get a nice Cole Haan leather cover, though, because a) Amazon was blowing them out at half-price (kindle 2) and b) I like the feel and look of leather. But it does increase the weight.
just for transporting it around in my bag. i think i'd rather use it without a cover. thanks for the suggestions
The booklight is very handy and runs off the Kindle's battery at a conservative rate. To give a rough idea, I put the case on the day I pulled the Kindle out of its package and used the booklight about 33% of the time on the way through ~38% of Dune on the battery life the Kindle came with out of the box (I'm not a super fast reader, so this amounted to several hours of reading and the Kindle had maybe a quarter of a charge).
http://www.amazon.com/Kindle-Lighted-Leather-Display-Generation/dp/B003DZ165W/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1292262890&sr=8-3
My girlfriend also has the latest-gen Kindle with the same cover (mine is black, her's is the burnt orange) and she is equally pleased with it.
Alternatively, they sell a non-lighted version of the cover for about half the price.
I also use the one with a light. The light is perfectly acceptable, I can read everything without problems in a dark room. The case is sturdy enough, though the kindle wobbles some and worries me, but not too much. The ability to bend the cover all the way back to make it extra thick is nice, sometimes I prefer that to a naked kindle or a book-kindle. And if you do want a naked kindle, it is incredibly easy to remove the thing from the case. Incredibly easy, really really.
I have one of these and I love it, just be aware that it does suck down the battery much faster. Took half the charge to get through the first wheel of time book, when I was always using the light.
But the cover has a nice feel to it, and gives you more of that book feeling.
The wife and I also got M-Edge cases for our 2nd gen Kindles.
This one: http://www.medgestore.com/products/kindle2-latitude.psp
I actually really like the slightly added bulk, as I felt the caseless Kindle was almost too thin. I was afraid I would break the thing in half or something.
You can also get the E-luminator thing for the Latitude case. I prefer a light with an independent battery, as to me having a light use the Kindle's battery sort of defeats the purpose of the long-life Kindle battery. Especially when travelling.
is good for me
hooray books
now to read